by Selvam Canagaratna
January 31, 2015
"Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt."
– Robert Lindner, Must You Conform? (1956)
Four years on, the uprising in Egypt popularly known as the ‘Arab Spring’ has more often than not been described as a revolution. In fact, it is still officially proclaimed ‘Revolution Day’ since the fall of Egypt’s dictator Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011. And during the 18 momentous days in the spring of 2011, many Egyptians believed that the military generals stood with them against the tyranny and decadence of the Mubarak regime, and declared in Tahrir Square and across Egypt that "the people and the army are one!"
